Huey's ex-wife seeks child support payments

Republican congressional candidate Craig Huey was served on Sunday with a request from his ex-wife for child support payments she claims he owes going back to 2006.

The attorney for Angela Combs told POLITICO on Monday that the wealthy tea partier running in California's special House election owes $6,300 and interest in payments that were due between July and October of 2006.

Huey was served with the papers at a campaign event Sunday and a Democratic tracker was on hand to capture it on video.

When asked about the timing of the subpoena, Combs's attorney, James Thompson, denied any political motivation.

"She waited until the child finished college because she did not want to jeopardize his voluntary support for college for the child," said Thompson. "He graduated in May, and she came to me in May and there was some rush to serve," he continued, referring to an Aug. 8 hearing date.

When pressed why the attorney didn't wait to serve the papers until after Tuesday's election, Thompson said Huey was a hard person to reach because of campaign schedule.

"What if after the election he took a week off after the election or left the area to travel?," he asked. "It's not politically motivated."

Huey's campaign called it a new low "pre-orchestrated" by Janice Hahn's campaign.

"It's a 20-year-old divorce. It's a dispute between him and his ex-wife over a couple thousand of dollars," said Huey spokesman Dave Gilliard. "Somehow the Hahn people got her to do this."

Gilliard stressed that Huey does not legally owe any of the child support money that's referred to in the legal claim. "He's never owed that money," he said.

Correction @ 4:03 p.m.: An earlier version of this post said Huey was served with a subpoena. The attorney involved clarified and said he was actually served with paperwork "to show cause" -- not a subpoena.